We all remember those times in middle school, around the age of 13, when friends could become enemies in an instant. There was one such time for me in eighth grade. As a shy, do-gooder, and socially conservative kid, I was rarely seen by my friends as a threat or a bother. However, one of…
Why are you getting married? Do you know? I recently spoke to a group of engaged couples. They were a few years removed from college and ready to begin their new phase of life. As I looked into the collection of eyes staring back at me, I pondered: Why do people marry? To take that…
My wife, Stephanie, and I are coming up on our 12th anniversary. Some days it feels as though we’ve been married for decades, and there are still times that I look at her and wonder who she is and what she’s doing in my life. I often think that I hardly know her. During our…
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” (James 2:26) According to recent scholarship summarized in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2010), authenticity in relationships was found to promote relationship building behaviors and relationship satisfaction and their antitheses—defensiveness, dishonesty, and inauthenticity were found to “undermine relationship partners’…
Affairs. Pornography. Infidelity. I realize that not everyone reading this has experienced first-hand the side effects these bring to a significant relationship like marriage; and I am SO thankful there are those out there who haven’t. But the sad fact remains that we have all been impacted by at least one person’s choice (perhaps our…
